We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait Rig to keep us tangle-free, with a SS40 Viper Spoon to give our bait some ...

Check out this barn door Halibut we caught in Alaska! What a great day out on the water. We were out here bottom bouncing for halibut in Peterborough Alaska, using the Teaser-T, Cattail sinkers, and ...

Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet their quotas, as the flat whitefish have become less abundant and smaller.

Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost more than $30 a pound at the supermarket.

ANCHORAGE — What might be the largest Pacific halibut ever documented was pulled from the Bering Sea off St. Paul Island on Sept. 5 by the crew of the fishing boat Miss Mary. The 8-foot, 2-inch ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

The commission has been forced, due to budgetary constraints, to sharply reduce the scope of ocean surveys that help assess ...

A woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, has taken the lead in the annual Valdez Halibut Derby with a catch last Friday that tipped the scale at 144.2 pounds. Melissa Hurd told Alaska’s News Source that the ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. First of three parts. ABOARD ...